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5 Mark

Emittent Reichsschuldenverwaltung (Reich Debt Administration)
Jahr 1882
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Währung Mark (1873-1923)
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung A full-length armored knight stands at right, holding a drawn sword, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against an elaborate foliate scrollwork border. At lower right, the Imperial German eagle coat of arms is displayed. The large Gothic-script denomination "Fünf Mark" is set centrally, with a large underprint numeral "5" behind the text, and two manuscript signatures appear below the issuing authority inscription.
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Rückseitenlegende F·Nr 167955
Fünf Mark
(Translation: Five Mark)
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Anmerkungen

The Reichsschuldenverwaltung was not a central bank but a debt management office — an unusual issuing authority for circulating currency. These 5 Mark notes of 1882 were Reichskassenscheine, Treasury notes backed by the imperial government rather than by a note-issuing bank, a distinction that mattered legally even if the public largely treated them as interchangeable with Reichsbank paper.

The series was printed at the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin, which had only recently been reorganized as a state printing enterprise following unification. Fine paper aging and ink oxidation are documented problems with surviving examples from this issue.